My Michigan Alumni group teased me this morning by showing in anticipation of Valentine’s day pictures and stories of alums who had met at Michigan, asking for more stories. The latter proved to be a dead end. Maybe they’d had enough. I still went to their Facebook page and posted our story, after composing it.Continue reading “How we met”
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Vampire Marys
Mike from Toledo and I weren’t exactly friends, but we’d trod a lot of the same paths and shared some institutional attachments. We’d both gone to Michigan undergrad, Mike a few years ahead of me taking the frat route with me the hippie wannabe. We both got enough academic cred to make medical school, andContinue reading “Vampire Marys”
33 and a third
Pertaining to 2/4/20 Quite a few months ago we figured this date would mark 33 and a third years since the day we wed. Hard to let that one sneak by. I put in in my phone and only a couple of days ago noticed it was coming up. Warde Manuel and Juwan Howard hadContinue reading “33 and a third”
Sonny and Jimmy
Saturday presented another new mystery. The night before I’d found in the pile of stuff emptied from a box of Vicksburg memorabilia a manila folder containing press clippings describing the horrific 1968 accident that had killed 2 friends and classmates of mine plus 3 older boys. I was so excited by the contents, I didContinue reading “Sonny and Jimmy”
Dinner with the McCarthys
Denise was the perfect woman for me. Tall, smart, cute, athletic and right around the corner on Barton Lake. Who knows what forces got me to make the trek over to her house to visit, but they must have been considerable. Once there, in a season I don’t even recall except we weren’t going swimming,Continue reading “Dinner with the McCarthys”
cross quarter
Spinning through space, tomorrow February 2nd we in the Northern hemisphere find ourselves smack between the winter solstice, shortest day of the year, and the vernal equinox, when light and dark will be evenly split. Yes, it’s getting lighter, and you should begin to be able to appreciate it. The Celtic pagans called this dayContinue reading “cross quarter”
on the list?
Some of you are reading this thanks to a batch email post I sent to you last night informing you of this blog and asking you to check it out. Thanks for paying attention and acting on your curiosity. I was fiddling with that email list when a sort of overwhelming feeling came over me. Continue reading “on the list?”
Ice at the US Grant
Ulysses S. Grant won the Civil War and two terms of the presidency, then wrote a still-acclaimed autobiography explaining it all while swilling liberal draughts of whisky from vessels that saw nary an ice cube. For a while after checking into the luxurious downtown San Diego hotel his son built, I thought he was expectingContinue reading “Ice at the US Grant”
Ann Arbor evening 1/27/20
What was the attraction here? First evening home before the fireplace after 10 days away in the sun. 35 and rainy outside, but still not enough to wash away last week’s snow and ice. A few beers followed by mounds of salad with hemp seed dressing washed down with a nice rosé constituted the dinnerContinue reading “Ann Arbor evening 1/27/20”
Cigar City
As we pulled away from the parking lot, I told Kathy I wanted to write a little bit about this place. She noticed the catch in my voice, but discounted it as she knew of my long love for beer. Per old Ben proof that “God loves us and wants us to be happy”. PartContinue reading “Cigar City”
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